dormir
- (intransitive) to sleep
- (reflexive) to fall asleep
- (reflexive) to sleep in
- (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death
- (transitive) to put to sleep (someone or something)
- (euphemistic) to anesthetize
- (euphemistic) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dor‧mir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/doɾˈmiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish dormir, from Latin dormīre, dormiō, from Proto-Italic *dormiō (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).
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apoliyar
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surnar
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piltrar
pestañazo
sornearse
toldear
durmia
hechar
jetear
coyotear
jatear
sornear
jetear
gañazo
mecer la cuna
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